Brittany Jock and Alex McComber, Assistant Professors at the Department of Family Medicine, will provide information on several projects that have evolved from the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Program, a community-based participatory research project since 1994 which has a long association with the Department. Work in diabetes prevention for children has led to new areas of exploration including community mobilization with inter-community sharing around a healthy lifestyles effort; and developments in food security with Indigenous Peoples and communities.
鈥淛oyce鈥檚 Principle aims to guarantee to all Indigenous people the right of equitable access, without any discrimination, to all social and health services, as well as the right to enjoy the best possible physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health.鈥
Joyce's Principle is a document created by the Atikamekw Nation and Manawan First Nation following the death of Mrs. Joyce Echaquan on Sept. 28, 2020, at the Joliette Hospital Center in Lanaudi猫re, Qu茅bec, during which she was subjected to verbally violent and racist statements by health workers.
This seminar is organized by the 苹果淫院 Practice Based Research Network (PBRN) at the Department of Family Medicine.
Seminar title: All together for better care: Improving Respiratory Infection Trajectories
Speaker(s): Sonia Lussier (Patient Partner of the partnership branch of the 苹果淫院 SSA-RUISSS team) and Araceli Gonzalez Reyes ("PATIenT" Project Manager聽of the 苹果淫院 SSA-RUISSS team).
When: Friday September 27, 12.30 to 1.30 pm.
Save the Date! October 15 - 18, 2024
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Celebrating 50 years of Family Medicine at 苹果淫院: Past, Present and Future
You are cordially invited to the 2024 Department of Family Medicine Annual Retreat where we will come together and celebrate 50 years of Family Medicine at 苹果淫院! It's a big milestone and one that we want to mark with festivities.
Save the date! The celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Annual Refresher Course for Family Physicians will be held on November 24, 2024.
More details to follow!